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Chapter 72 Penetrating Smoke
Professor Sha's pointer, following Lin Xiao's story, pointed to Highland 589 on the right bank of the Baishui River.

“In the real Peninsula War, Tianma Mountain was indeed on the east bank of the Linchuan River, but it was still more than 5 kilometers away from the Linchuan River, so there were conditions for the temporary withdrawal of elastic defense.

Based on the current terrain, deducing the front lines of both sides, 589 must have our positions.

If this place is occupied by the coalition forces, it means that the enemy has actually broken through the Baishui River and Tianma Mountain hangs alone on the east bank. There is no need to hold on.

Therefore, Highland 589 can be set as the starting position for the messengers. First cross the river and go north along the east side of Highland 470. At the outer edge of the hilly land, that is, here, it intersects to the rear of the Union Army's front line. "

Captain Fan took a box of smaller green flags and inserted them on the sand table according to Professor Sha's explanation.

Chen Yiming's eyes lit up, and he exchanged a tacit look with Lin Xiao.

This route is very close to the nut howitzer position that Professor Sha mentioned, and it is just right to take pictures of the artillery fire.

That's a real 105mm thick pipe, and it can actually launch real high-explosive grenades!
"The problem now is how to let the messengers walk the last part of the way in a reasonable way, that is, bypassing Highland 470 from the north, penetrating from behind the attacking coalition forces to the rear of the Tianma Mountain position.

To be honest, continuous penetration of both enemy and our fronts in a short period of time, during a fierce battle between the offensive and defensive sides, is more of a drama than a drama. "

Professor Sha's pointer drew a straight line on the sand table, starting from the north slope of Highland 470 and ending at the side and back of Tianma Mountain.

“According to the teachings of the Peninsular War Allied Forces, the offensive departure line is roughly located in the depression on the northern slope of Tianma Mountain, on the reverse slope behind the depression of the command post.

With the command post as the center and the commanding heights 1 kilometer to the left and right, garrison teams will be on guard. There will be multiple squads patrolling between the commanding heights and the command post.

According to the setting, Highland 470 has been lost at this time, so there will be at least company and platoon-level defenders on the hilltop, and naturally there will also be lookout posts.

The only feasible route for the messenger was to follow the outer edge of the northern slope of Highland 470, use the cover of trees to sneak into the inside of Highland 470, then climb over the ridge between the two highlands, and insert diagonally into the side of Tianma Mountain.

But don't forget that Tianma Mountain is surrounded on three sides. Even if Highland 470 is not the main attack direction, it should still send out detachments to participate in the auxiliary attack.

Since the messengers can infiltrate along this route, there is no reason why the Union Army should not attack from here. This direction is obviously more advantageous than attacking Tianma Mountain from north to south. "

Professor Sha spread his hands in front of everyone, "According to military principles, I can only deduce this point. The execution difficulty and risk of failure of such a roundabout route may be greater than that of forcibly breaking into the fire blockade area."

If it were a drill, I would never choose this route to deliver orders.

Of course, now we are making movies, the plot can be set, and the scenes can be changed, but that is not the scope of my research. "

Chen Yiming bit the bullet and asked, "Teacher Sha, if a dense minefield is set up here, could it be the reason why the enemy abandons this offensive route?"

Professor Sha chuckled, "The mine array is a reason, but it's a bit far-fetched.

Look at the sand table. From the ridgeline to the bank of the Baishui River, it is 900 meters wide. How many mines must be buried to achieve the purpose of complete blockade?
Moreover, the four artillery battalions opposite are firing continuously. How deep do you think the mines must be buried to avoid being detonated by high-explosive bombs? "

Lin Xiao had an idea and said, "Teacher Sha, if the Nut Army really follows your words and attacks from the 470 heights to the side and rear of Tianma Mountain, after all, they control the artillery, and they can completely suspend the artillery bombardment before attacking.

In that case, the fire blockade will no longer exist. We can design the messenger to infiltrate in disguise, or avoid the attack team starting from the 470 heights. This is also a plan to reach the entrance of the tunnel, isn't it? "

Captain Fan suddenly interrupted at this time, "Professor Sha, if the defenders of Tianma Mountain want to guard the sides and rear, they don't necessarily need a lot of mines."

He stretched out his pointer and pointed at the ridgeline between Tianma Mountain and Highland 470, "Look, the artillery position is here. The M2 howitzer has a maximum elevation angle of 65 degrees. Crossing the ridge diagonally can indeed block both sides of the Baishui River and prevent our army from directly crossing Baishui. He reinforced Tianma Mountain. However, with the trajectory of the howitzer, it would never be able to hit the anti-slope position of Tianma Mountain.

Infiltrating along this road, if you walk along the river bank, you have to face the anti-slope position on the mountainside, and if you walk on the mountainside, you have to face the firepower from the commanding heights of the ridge.As for attacking along the ridge, isn't it just a auxiliary attack route? Why bother to infiltrate again?

A few firepower points and a few mines can hold off the attacker for a long time.

What's more, based on the Nut Army's habits, they will not attack places where artillery and aircraft are not convenient for support. Penetration operations by pure infantry units have never happened in the entire Peninsula War. "

Professor Sha rubbed his scalp and said to Captain Fan with a look of admiration on his face, "As I get older, my military intuition has deteriorated greatly. Xiao Fan is right. The anti-slope position is relatively safe. The messengers have indeed sneaked in from here. The possibility of our position.”

Commander Fan waved his hands repeatedly, "You are too modest, professor. You are just being lenient to the enemy due to inertia. Our army is accustomed to infantry infiltration. It is commonplace to use explosive packs and blasting tubes to remove firepower points. Nut infantry never take such risks."

He quickly changed the subject and continued, "Now we only have one last question. How can the messenger reasonably cross the ridgeline between Tianma Mountain and 470 Highland under the surveillance of the enemy at 470 Highland?"

Professor Sha was more sensitive this time and immediately said, "Although Highland 470 was lost, historical records of the battle also stated that the battle lasted for 3 days and 3 nights, and the trench system was completely destroyed by artillery fire before it was finally lost.

So we can't expect to be covered by vegetation this time. There may be some trees at the foot of the mountain, but there will definitely be no grass growing from the mountainside to the ridge. "

Sang Ping, who had been watching silently, suddenly said, "We can design a cover battle. Our small team will launch a flank attack to attract the attention of the defenders at Highland 470 and cover the messenger troops to break through the ridgeline.

Didn't Director Chen have a plan for team fighting?I remember the original plan was to shoot a sniper battle.

Since the subjective perspective is always locked on the messenger, the further away he is from the battlefield, the harder it is to present the details of the battle.

Compared with few-on-few sniper operations, many-on-many feint operations are larger and more conducive to creating a tense atmosphere. At least the sound of gunfire is much louder. "

Lin Xiao objected, "Since it is a subjective perspective, of course the silent and ever-present potential threats are more conducive to immersion, so we should still shoot sniper battles."

Luo Baohe, a pyrotechnics engineer at the Bayi Factory, suggested based on his own role, "If smoke suddenly fills the route, can't we take the opportunity to rush in?"

Chen Yiming's eyes lit up and he thought this was a good idea, but it certainly couldn't be the smoke of artillery fire, and forcing his way into the bomb-drop zone wouldn't work.

So he asked Professor Sha, "Teacher Sha, for what reason would the Allied Forces use smoke bombs on the battlefield to cover the attack on Highland 470? Is this a valid reason?"

Professor Sha thought for a moment before shaking his head, "The attacker's smoke to cover the attack is limited to the distance from the attack starting point to the impact launch line. If it continues to create smoke further forward, it will be a disservice to the attacking troops.

The defender is more familiar with the terrain than the attacker, is well-organized and has bunkers. The attacker rushes into the smoke area and can easily fall into a fire trap or accidentally injure friendly forces.

There is also a possibility, which mainly occurred in the early days of World War I, that the attackers covered the defenders' positions with poison gas bombs, and then the attacking troops rushed up wearing gas masks.

When gas masks became popular, this trick was useless. However, during the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese used poison gas bombs because our soldiers were basically not equipped with gas masks. "

Chen Yiming pounded his fist and said, "Okay, let's use the gas bombs.

I heard Li Yucheng, the old hero of the Tianma Mountain Battle, mention that the 1st Cavalry Division became so angry that they could not attack for a long time. On the fifth day, they actually fired a round of gas bombs, that is, tear gas bombs. The soldiers covered their mouths with towels soaked in urine. Past the top of the nose.

And he also mentioned a detail. Not long after the poison gas bombs were fired, the wind direction changed and blew the poisonous mist over the heads of the enemies in the north of Tianma Mountain. The 1st Cavalry Division had to cancel the offensive operation.

If we move the coalition's poison gas offensive to the last day, won't the opportunity come for the messengers to break through the ridge? "

(End of this chapter)